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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 7, 2005Rutherford County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2005, 2:16 PM EDT for Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2005, 2:16 PM EDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2005, 3:10 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rutherford County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 7, 2:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHarris, NCPOSTAL CARRIER REPORTS CANOPY AWNING BLOWN OFF HOUSE AND MANY SMALL LIMBS DOWN IN ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2005-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 429 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2005-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
429 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KGSP 071817
TORGSP
NCC161-071915-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0021.050807T1816Z-050807T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
216 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  CLIFFSIDE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAFFNEY...MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CLIFFSIDE AROUND 225 PM EDT...
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELLENBORO AROUND 255 PM EDT...
  FOREST CITY...SPINDALE AND RUTHERFORDTON AROUND 315 PM EDT...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY
FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3520 8191 3518 8167 3546 8180 3533 8207

$$

OUTLAW
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 071838
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
237 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005

NCC161-071915-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050807T1915Z/
RUTHERFORD NC-
237 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR RUTHERFORD 
COUNTY...

AT 233 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF 
HARRIS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING 
NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HARRIS AROUND 245 PM EDT...
  ALEXANDER MILLS AROUND 300 PM EDT...
  FOREST CITY AROUND 310 PM EDT...
  SPINDALE AND RUTHERFORDTON AROUND 315 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3520 8191 3518 8167 3546 8180 3533 8207

$$
MCAVOY
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 071910
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
309 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005

NCC161-071919-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050807T1915Z/
RUTHERFORD NC-
309 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RUTHERFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND A TORNADO IS NO LONGER INDICATED 
BY WEATHER RADAR...SO THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. 

A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER UPSTATE SOUTH 
CAROLINA WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH 
CAROLINA...INCLUDING RUTHERFORD COUNTY...THROUGH 4 PM. SOME OF THE 
STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAIN AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER 
HOUR. 

LAT...LON 3520 8191 3518 8167 3546 8180 3533 8207

$$

MOORE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 2:32 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPPolk35 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.